Customer Reviews & Ratings

5/5 - by Steve

CJ tried to save the original nut on my vintage guitar, but the guitar still pinged and went out of tune. So then , he replaced it, but he did a terrible job. The slots were poorly spaced, and the guitar still had tuning stability issues. I ended up having it replaced again by Mandolin Brothers, who did it perfectly. The guitar is solid as a rock now. CJ simply blew it, and I would never use them again.


5/5 - by Steve

This is my first review of anything, & I\'m glad to do it ! I have been an active musician for over 40 yrs, Been there, done that, got paid & a T shirt. When I was touring, I had the luxury of having my instruments cared for & ready to perform. I look back now & miss that, a friend of mine told me about Raritan Bay & I decided to try them out, that was a few years ago, and since then all of my children (14~16 guitars, \" who counts any more\") have passed through there. CJ & Kyle, along with the rest of the staff, are professional & skilled at their craft, their moto is to satisfy the customer. I live near NYC, and could have easily taken my kids to several luthiers there. I find Raritan Bay to out perform them in many ways, including price wise & turnaround. I\'m glad to find someone to care for my kid\'s. Give them a try, I\'m glad I did ! STC



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Raritan Bay Guitar Repair
3352 Route 9 South, Freehold, NJ
732-866-9024
repairguitar.com

About Raritan Bay Guitar Repair

Fret Dress (Grind and Polish) - We level and dress frets the old fashioned way, slowly and with care. We do not use the curved fret files you see so often, but each fret is brought to a thin even crown using traditional fine single cut triangle files. This approach helps to insure a consistent crown, which translates to a consistent sound: clean, even, and clear. Of course, we finish every fret dress with our own setup.

Refrets (Our Specialty!) - We can refret your guitar with wire that ranges from thin low profile to super jumbo. We are experts at solving finger board problems and we understand your concerns. Where vintage guitars are concerned, our motto is always "DO NO HARM!" We respect you and your investments. We provide hammer in, modified hammer in and glue in refrets as need and desire dictates.

"Set Ups" - Our approach to Set Ups is to look at the complete guitar. We do NOT just change strings and polish.

Frets and Board - All frets are block dressed as needed, then sanded and polished to a new condition. The board is steel wooled and treated with an all natural conditioning oil that helps the fret board to resist drying and cracking.

Nuts - String height is checked at the nut and the nut is adjusted to provide for the correct angle and string height. Slots are widened to prevent pinching and binding.

Strings - We offer high quality D'Addario, Ernie Ball, Ghs and Fender original bullets, or you can provide your own favorite set of strings.

Bridge and Saddles - On acoustics, all saddles are compensated where possible, and sanded to provide for a proper fit in its bridge slot. All pin holes are adjusted to provide for a proper fit, and are ramped so string tension is focused on the saddle for maximum transfer of energy to the guitar top. On electrics, we create the proper radius of saddles to finger board radius. This helps create a feeling of balance and ease of play. We also intonate each saddle using a state of the art Peterson Strobe Tuner.

Necks and Adjustable - All necks with adjustable truss rods are brought to proper relief. Our goal is to provide the lowest possible string height without buzz. (We will ask you your playing style so that the overall string height is in sync with your playing style.)

Wiring - Our philosophy on wiring is neat, clean, and efficient. No bird nest here! You will see a natural flow from component to component and we use only top quality pots and switches, where possible. Switch Craft switches and direct replacement Fender and Gibson pots are used.

We can also provide Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio, Schaller, or Ken Armstrong pickups. We can provide, as a Fender and Gibson service center, direct replacement pickups and parts.